Kim Echlin





Kim Echlin

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Burlington, Ontario, Canada
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Kim Echlin was born in Burlington, Ontario. After completing a doctoral thesis on Ojibway story-telling, she travelled in search of stories through the Marshall Islands, China, France, and Zimbabwe. On her return to Canada she became an arts documentary producer with CBC's The Journal, and a writer for various publications.

Her first novel, Elephant Winter, won the TORGI Talking Book of the Year Award and was shortlisted for the 1997 Chapters/Books in Canada First Novel Award. Her latest novel is The Disappeared. She currently lives in Toronto with her husband and children.


Average rating: 3.63 · 1,565 ratings · 299 reviews · 8 distinct works · Similar authors
The Disappeared
3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 1,402 ratings — published 2009 — 21 editions
Elephant Winter
3.42 of 5 stars 3.42 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 1998 — 4 editions
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions
Dagmar's Daughter
3.39 of 5 stars 3.39 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2001 — 4 editions
Elizabeth Smart: A Fugue Es...
4.67 of 5 stars 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2004
Tell Others
0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012
To Arrive Where You Are: Li...
0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2000
Dragons and Dynasties: An I...
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3.2 of 5 stars 3.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1993
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“People do not really change; we are only undefeated because we have gone on trying.”
Kim Echlin, The Disappeared

“A soul protects itself from what it cannot bear.”
Kim Echlin, The Disappeared

“I only believe in this life. And lots of times I have trouble believing in that.”
Kim Echlin

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